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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/30/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/30/2005
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Well, spring has sprung in the Chelan Valley. The weather keeps changing on a minute by minute basis. Everything from warm sunshine to wind driven snow. We are catching really nice numbers of fish....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/23/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2005
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The Lake Trout fishing on Lake Chelan has been up and down. Spring has sprung... and with that comes a variety of weather conditions. Our best production this week has been the area adjacient to the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/15/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/15/2005
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Mackinaw (Lake Trout) fishing on Lake Chelan continued at a fair rate. We averaged around one fish per hour in our boats. Most of the fish came from the South Shore edge of the lower basin. U-20 Lu...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/8/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/8/2005
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The fishing on Lake Chelan has been down a bit from the previous weeks. We have been averaging around 1 fish per hour in the boat over the past week. These fish have been caught mostly in the lower ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/22/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/22/2005
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Fishing on Lake Chelan for 2 to 6 pound Mackinaw has ranged from good to tremendous. We have been pulling mainly K-Lures and U-20 flatfish near the bottom in 150 to 250 feet of water. We have been se...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/14/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/14/2005
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We have seen a week of cold clear nights and mild sunny days the last week. Lake Chelan's lower basin has pumped out mostly typical sized lakers (2 to 6 pounds) at a very good clip. These fish have ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/8/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/8/2005
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Fishing on Lake Chelan has been moderate with mostly typical sized lakers (2 to 6 pounds) coming off the bottom in depths of 120' to 250'. This is still pretty good fishing by anyone's standards!
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/11/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/11/2005
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Many burbot caught today. First nice day in a while. Caught 2 Lakers over 15 pounds also. Really great day. Caught about 25 lakers trolling and about 10 jigging for burbot. Best time of year for big f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/21/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/21/2004
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Winter Mackinaw fishing on Lake Chelan is going great. We have been getting good numbers and the occasional big fish to make it a lot of fun. We have been using the classical pattern of trollin...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/20/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 12/20/2004
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We are having great early winter fishing on both Lake Chelan and Rufus Woods.
Lake Chelan continues to pump out 2 to 6 pound lakers with some bigger fish on Mack Bar and in the lower basin. Pul...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/8/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/8/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Well, with Christmas shopping, other family commitments as well as up and down weather this is the first time this year that I have not been on the water for an entire week. I will be hitting the lak...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/22/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/22/2004
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Lake Trout fishing in Lake Chelan continues to improve. We are hooking approximately 2 fish per hour in the lower basin. Most fish are 2 to 4 pounds with some 6 and 7 pound fish in the mix. We are ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/8/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2004
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The lower basin and the state park area have produced fish pretty consistently over the last week. Depths of 130' to 150' have been best. The fish have been biting U-20 luminous chartreuse flatfish ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/5/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/5/2004
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Fished Mill Bay dock for 3 days. The weather was a little chilly but once we started catching fish no one cared. There were 3 of us. On Friday we limited out in 20 minutes. I could not believe how fas...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/11/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/11/2004
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Went to Manson for my oldest niece's wedding and took the boat along figuring I might get in some time on the lake. Blew a tire on the trailer going over Stevens Pass Friday and learned that the jack...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/11/2004
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We had a club bass tournament at Chelan this last weekend and what a great time. Saturday was a little windy...okay it was really windy, but that is something you have to deal with when fishing Chelan...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/31/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/31/2004
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We have been catching fish pretty consistently at the bottom "rim" of the lower basin and on "Mac Bar". Depths of 120' to 180' have been most productive. Joe Heinlen put his client on this fish Thur...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/26/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2004
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My brother and I launched at twenty five mile park, and headed uplake about 3 miles to Box Canyon to top water for rainbows close to the cliffs. We used flash lite string blades, 2 feet of leader and...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/24/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/24/2004
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We have been coming out of a number of weather transitions, but we have been able to find productive lake trout locations by moving. Part of the week, Mac Bar (just downlake of Wapato Point) was very ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/16/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2004
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Location patterns have shifted twice in the last week, but the week has finished strong. Mac Bar had dried up for us following the surge of low pressure. A move to the lower rim of the Wapato Basin pr...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/2/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2004
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The fishing on Lake Chelan in the week has ranged from good to excellent. We have ranged from about 1.5 fish per hour to 3 fish per hour. The area right off Mill Bay has been great. Pull your fa...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/29/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2004
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The big fish are as available as they'll get. Fish in the deep water near the stocking locations. This fish as well as several other large fish were caught on the Mill Bay side of Mac Bar. We continue...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/14/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2004
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The weather and the fishing are getting hot. We are running 6 to 8 minutes from the marina before starting to troll. The first hour of light is incredible. The lower basin from 135' to 252' has produc...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a glorious week at Wapato Point as usual! The temperatures weren't as scorching as in past years so I enjoyed it more. I ran into Anton Jones on the dock the first day and he gave me a lot of ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The Lower basin and Mac Bar have been producing loads of fish. Depths from 135 to 220 have been best. Fishing in an uplake direction in the first couple hours of light seems to be most productive.